Empowering.Cloud Community Update – September 2024

Check out the latest expert briefings, Teams Insider Podcast, Microsoft Teams Operator Connect updates and upcoming community events.

[HEADING=1]Expert Briefings[/HEADING]

Searching for Teams Messages

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In our latest community briefing, MVP Nikki Chapple explains the three methods to search Microsoft Teams messages.

• The three methods to search for Teams Messages are:
  
  • User search, content search and eDiscovery Standard
    

  [*]User Search: For end-users, quick and shows threaded conversation, security trimmed

  [*]Content Search and eDiscovery Standard: For admins, searches entire tenant but is limited to individual messages

  [*]eDiscovery Premium: Comprehensive search for admins, shows threaded conversations, detailed export

Microsoft Teams Monthly Update August 2024

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MVP Tom Arbuthnot runs through the latest Microsoft news and updates you need to know this month.

• Microsoft Earnings FY24 Q4 Modern Work Insights
  
• Multiple Teams Client Improvements
  
• Custom Emojis and Reactions
  
• Copilot Dashboard for all M365 Copilot users
  
• Speaker recognition for all Teams Rooms on Windows
  
• Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows 5.1.24.0
  
• Microsoft Teams Devices updates
  
• Android Teams Room and Teams Phone support date changes
  
• Teams Displays end of support September 2025
  
• Roadmap Watch
  

[HEADING=1]Microsoft Teams Insider Podcast[/HEADING]

Microsoft Mesh, Real-world Use cases and AI Futures

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Audio Podcast |

Jeremy Dalton, Head of Immersive Technologies at PWC and Cathy Moya, Senior Customer Success Program Manager – Mesh Team at Microsoft, dive into Microsoft Mesh adoption and use cases and how virtual reality and virtual worlds can enhance collaboration and communication.

AV and UC Converging with John Bailey, Senior Vice President AVI-SPL

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Audio Podcast |

John Bailey, Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at AVI-SPL, discusses industry changes and the convergence of AV and IT.

Microsoft Devices Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) Explained

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Audio Podcast |

Yoav Barzilay, Microsoft Senior Product Manager, explains the Microsoft Devices Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) and how it fits in the Microsoft Teams devices ecosystem.

Lessons from BT’s Large Scale Microsoft Teams Rooms Deployment

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Audio Podcast |

James Robinson, Director & Principal AV Consultant at AVenture Audio Visual, shares his extensive previous experiences with deploying Microsoft Teams Rooms at scale at BT.

[HEADING=1]Microsoft Teams Operator Connect Updates[/HEADING]

The race to 100 countries or 100 operators continues with both countries and operators at the 97 mark. There's not too much to report here this month, although providers continue to be extending their Microsoft Teams Operator Connect coverage to more countries.

Providers Change:

• Momentum – Canada and USA
  

Country Changes:

• HALO - USA
  
• LoopUp – Republic of Korea
  
• Orange Business Services - Mexico
  
• Tata Communicaitons – Uganda, South Africa and Dominican Republic
  

Check out our full Power BI report of all the Operators here:

Microsoft Teams Operator Connect Providers

[HEADING=1]Upcoming Community Events[/HEADING]

Teams Fireside Chat with Ron Pessner – 12th September | 16:00 BST | Virtual

Join other community members for the September Teams Fireside Chat where Ron Pessner, Microsoft Corporate Vice President - Product Management, will be joining us to share his insights.

Teams Fireside Chat occurs on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 16:00 UK. For each session, we are joined by a guest speaker from Microsoft who shares their insights. In the second half, we open the floor to discussion and Q&A, giving you the chance to get your questions answered by the experts.

Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Me Anything

September Sessions

EMEA/NA - 16th September | 16:00 BST | Virtual

Hosts: MVP Graham Walsh, Michael Tressler, Jimmy Vaughan

APAC – 17th September| 15:30 AEST | Virtual

Hosts: MVP Graham Walsh, Phil Clapham, Andrew Higgs, Justin O’Meara

Microsoft Teams Devices Ask Me Anything is a monthly community which gives you all an update on the important and Microsoft Teams devices news, as well as the chance to ask questions and get them answered by the experts. We have 2 sessions to cover different time zones, so there's really no excuse not to come along to at least one!

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